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teasing meaning and definition

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TEASING noun

Definition of teasing (noun)

  1. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
  2. playful vexation
    • "the parody was just a form of teasing"
  3. the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

TEASING adjective

Definition of teasing (adjective)

  1. playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
    • "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
    • synonyms: mocking, quizzical
  2. arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it
    • "her lazy teasing smile"
  3. causing irritation or annoyance
    • "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
    • synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, vexatious, vexing
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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